Monday, October 10, 2016

Free Cookies

Well, another week down in RVA (Richmond, Virginia)

The hurricane didn't affect us much, we just got a lot of rain. Itrained from the moment I woke up on Saturday all the way until I wentto bed!! It sure made tracting fun though. People are a lot morelikely to let you in when its raining because they feel bad. One ladyeven gave us some freshly baked cookies!!

Our Ward Mission Leader was released 5 weeks ago and we still haven'tgotten a new one so that is pretty rough.

Our area has been pretty dry lately. We tract and visit less activesall day since we don't really have any progressing investigators. Ourward is actually super dead too. We have been trying to clean up theward list because there are people on there that have moved or go to adifferent church. One day we went to this less actives house that wason the most recent ward directory and her son told us she had diedover a year ago!!! And the ward still didn't know!! Its crazy.

Part of me thinks that maybe we aren't finding anyone because the wardcant even look after the people it has right now. So Elder McDonaldand I have been working hard to help them out. You would be surprisedhow many people we talk to that have joined a different church. Italways amazes me how you can be baptized and feel the spirit but stillfall away. Then again, people go through tough times so I try not tojudge them too soon.

Elder McDonald and I got lost trying to find this house and somehowended up at the James River, so I'll include some pictures, its huge.

I hope everyone is doing well!! Make sure you watch out for clowns!!

P.s. I had grits for the first time, and hopefully the last. They are way weird

Pictures1. Your classic Virginia home2. When the Missionary Squad rolls up for District Meeting3. When the Missionary Squad rolls up for District Meeting4. A panoramic of the James River5. Me and Elder McDonald at the James6. The new ad campaign for Nordstrom

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Elder Ethan Critchfield

Elder Critchfield is serving a two-year mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Virginia Richmond Mission. He reported to the Missionary Training Center on August 10, 2016.

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Elder Ethan Critchfield

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"The Holy Ghost shall be thy constant companion, and thy scepter an unchanging scepter of righteousness and truth; and thy dominion shall be an everlasting dominion, and without compulsory means it shall flow unto thee forever and ever."